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Intraoral Neuromodulation to Treat Swallowing Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Based on Electrical Characterization of the Tongue and Soft Palate
(2020-04-01)
Intraoral functions are results of complex sensorimotor loop operations, and therefore vulnerable to the small functional or neural defects. To secure the vital intraoral functions, it is important to find a way to favorably ...
Bilingual Education and the Implications for English Learners
(2020-04-19)
In this journal-ready dissertation study, I completed (a) a scoping review of dual language policy studies, (b) a meta-analysis on English learner academic achievement in bilingual education programs, and (c) a state-by-state ...
Essays on Public Policy and Consumer Welfare
(2020-04-15)
This research presents three essays on the effects of different institutions, technologies, and policies on informational outcomes, political support, and consumer welfare using experimental and structural research designs. ...
Teachers' and Administrators' Perspectives of Virtual Professional Development on English Acquisition for Native Spanish-Speaking Students in Grades Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Stories from Educators in Border Towns
(2020-03-27)
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ perspectives of the implementation of professional development in elementary schools in border cities between Mexico and the United States with high populations of English ...
Essays in Women's and Reproductive Health Economics
(2020-05-01)
The impacts of access to health care and protective services on health and wellness outcomes are important to understand, yet difficult to measure. To establish these causal relationships, researchers need an exogenous ...
Lifetime Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Pathology in the Muscular Dystrophy X-Linked Mouse
(2020-03-18)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle wasting disease that affects 1:3500 males at birth. Mutations in the DMD gene alter the reading frame, preventing expression of functional dystrophin protein. Dystrophin ...
Comprehensive Analysis of Borehole Stability with Temperature, Swelling, and Pore Pressure Change for Layered and Orthotropic Formations
(2020-04-14)
Borehole stability is controlled by various parameters such as rock strength, rock deformation properties, in-situ stress, borehole trajectory, shale swelling, pore pressure change due to osmosis, overbalance mud weight ...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WOUND HEALING OF TWO COMMERCIAL ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRICES: AN IN VIVO STUDY
(2020-03-17)
The overall objective of this study was to compare, in vivo, the wound healing and remodeling of two commercial acellular dermal matrices used for gingival augmentation in periodontal surgical procedures. The aims were to ...
THE EFFICACY OF MI VARNISH VERSUS PRO SEAL SEALANT ON PREVENTION OF WHITE SPOT LESIONS IN ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
(2020-03-26)
Purpose: To compare the efficacy of CPP-ACP MI Varnish and ProSeal sealant in preventing white spot lesion (WSL) formation in orthodontic patients.
Materials and Methods: This prospective randomized clinical trial included ...
Descriptive Design Structure Matrices for Modelling Infrastructure Interdependencies in Community Recovery
(2020-04-23)
Infrastructure interdependencies have significant impacts on the recovery of community sectors in the post-disaster period. The focus of this research is to identify critical community sectors and to understand how the ...